Slayer’s landmark 1985 sophomore album, Hell Awaits, will return next spring with a 40th anniversary reissue through Metal Blade Records.The follow-up to 1983’s Show No Mercy, Hell Awaits showcased a darker, more complex evolution of the band’s thrash sound, drawing...
Today in Metal: ‘The Human Factor’ by Metal Church turns 23
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z_bHqMPV1g[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Metal Church’s only album for Epic, The Human Factor,...Today in Metal: ‘Black Hand Inn’ by Running Wild turns 20 years old
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foEh4OoCYMU[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Runing Wild’s 8th album, Black Hand Inn, which was...Today in Metal: ‘Sad Wings of Destiny’ by Judas Priest turns 38 years old
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbMFhI_GSFs[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Judas Priest’s sophomore album Sad Wings of Destiny,...Today in Metal: ‘The Number of the Beast’ by Iron Maiden turns 32
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G90ngH2anxQ[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Iron Maiden’s breakthrough album, The Number of the...Today in Metal: ‘Symbolic’ by Death turns 19 years old
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8g5QsT-RSw[/youtube] Metal Insider contributor Anthony Maisano is listening to a different metal album that was released on that day every day this year. Today, it’s Death’s seminal album Symbolic. Without doubt, for me,...Follow Us
Slayer announce 40th anniversary reissue of Hell Awaits
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Raven unleash cover of Metallica’s “Metal Militia”
Silver Lining Music will release No Life ’Til Leather – A Tribute To Metallica’s Kill ’Em All on Friday (14th), an homage to Metallica’s 1983 debut. The latest single from the compilation comes from metal legends Raven, delivering a rendition of “Metal Militia.”...
Cold Steel break out with debut album Discipline & Punish, share Top 5 influences
Hailing from Tampa, Florida, Cold Steel stepped into the spotlight with their ferocious debut album, Discipline & Punish, out November 7, 2025, via Spinefarm Records. Blending hardcore and thrash elements, the record was produced by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Blood...
New & Noteworthy: Post Releases – 12/20/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. As we near the end of the year, this next-to-last week of 2024 sees new releases from the likes of Subway to Sally, Epitaph and Pandemic...
New & Noteworthy: Fasomas releases – 12/13/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week’s releases include works from the likes of Mörk Gryning, Fatal Embrace, Dark Embrace and Orbiter among the...
New & Noteworthy: Renovate Releases 12/6/2024
New & Noteworthy is Metal Insider’s weekly column highlighting some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. Entering the final month of 2024, this New Music Friday features new music from the likes of White Denim, Until I Wake and The Old Dead...